Hamed Abu Daabas

Hamed Abu Daabas was the leader of the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel.

Biography
Daabas was born in Israel to a family of Sunni Muslim Arabs, and he went on to become the leader of the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, an Islamist organization devoted to the struggle to implement sharia law and to encourage the growth of Islam among the youth. On 9 July 2014 he was quoted as saying "the killing methods of Israel and the United States are not better than the crimes of the Islamic State" and that "ISIS raises reasonable demands like the establishment of an Islamic state". These comments were expected, as the Islamic Movement in Israel was accused of being in contact with Iranian agents and funding Hamas, with the northern branch's leader Raed Salah being arrested on 17 November 2015 for his crimes.